I think it’s supposed to represent a kind of emotionless rationalized compassion. Clean Rick intellectually understands what the right thing to do is, but he doesn’t have an emotional connection to anyone; since base Rick obviously views those emotional attachments as weakness. Base Rick only really has an emotional…

Pretty major oversight there; it was essentially the entire resolution of the conflict.

The same goes for Morty’s ruthlessness. In the review you’re a little confused/have a little problem with that staying in healthy Morty. But Morty just doesn’t see that as a toxic quality. Makes sense too considering how in a few episodes through the seasons he had to use that to call Rick to heel. Damn, this episode…

I think it’s that they are considering there to be several aspects to kindness. Cleansed Rick was polite but lacked any regard for actual life.

It is ok. Blame Kinja. It atrophies mental acuity.

I did find the ins and outs of the premise a bit hard to grasp at first, but when I finally got the reason why Toxic Rick is the one who cares about Morty and why Healthy Morty was such an ultimate douchebag, I laughed out loud. Rick hates his attachment to Morty as much as he hates his own insane ego, and Morty…

Rick figured out that the machine decided on what to remove based on what each person thought was toxic, so Morty lost his insecurities, while Rick, among other things, lost his unnecessary personal attachments, such as his care for Morty. Rick literally explained this during the scene you’re asking about.

After a seemingly endless string of bad adaptations, maybe the Japanese movie industry is finding its adaptation groove?